EWU 105: Review Quiz #2

A city and its surrounding lands functioning as an independent political unit.

• City-State

• Big Town

• Acropolis

• Agora

Market place and political center of the polis. Contained shops, public buildings and courts.

• City-State

• Polis

• Acropolis

• Agora

The high point of the polis, and a place of refuge where the temples, altars, and public monuments stood - all Greek city-states had one.

• City-State

• Polis

• Acropolis

• Agora

Physically, it was a society of people who lived in a city and cultivated the surrounding countryside. The city was generally surrounded by a wall and provided public fountains, springs and cisterns. At the high point was the acropolis and a public square or marketplace called the agora.

• Farmville

• Polis

• Acropolis

• Agora

City-state strictly ruled by military force, know for it's strength and military might. Ruled by an oligarchy.

• Sparta

• Athens

• Astoria

• Selah

First city-state to have democracy, only men could vote. Known for it's wealth, arts and love of learning

• Sparta

• Athens

• Astoria

• Selah

What is the name of this building, found atop the Athenian acropolis?

• The Parthenon

• The Colosseum

• Luxor

• The Old Temple

A series of war between Persia and Greek city-states 499-479 B.C. Resulted in Greek victory and greater Greek independence from Persia.

• Persian Wars

• Peloponnesian War

• Punic War

• Parthenon War

War between Sparta and Athens 431-404 B.C.; Spartans won.

• Persian Wars

• Peloponnesian War

• Punic War

• Parthenon War

"rule of the few" Government by a small group of wealthy citizens - According to Plato.

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Tyranny

• Aristocracy